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The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the following academic partners:-Asia Centre, University of Tartu (Estonia)-Asian studies, University of Helsinki (Finland)-Centre for Asian Studies, Vytautas…

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Sep 18, 2026
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Jul 16, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 18, 2026

    Museums in Digital Age (opens the original)

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    How are museums adapting to the digital age, and what transformations are taking place in institutions we often consider to be highly conservative? In this episode, researcher Aya Kimura shares her fascination with museums in both Japan and Lithuania, as well as insights from her research and analysis over the past several years. For those who read Japanese, more details can be found in Aya Kimura’s book Museums of the Digital Age (デジタル時代の博物館), published by Kadensha. Aya Kimura is Associate Prof

  2. Episode · Aug 27, 2026

    China Office of Finnish Industries (opens the original)

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    Why have Finland’s biggest multinationals teamed up to create a globally unique analysis hub just to decode the future of China? Meet the analysts who are nurturing the next generation of Finnish expertise to bridge the gap between Nordic business and Chinese policy. In this episode, Julie Yu-Wen Chen at the University of Helsinki talks to Kevin Broady, Marleena Makkonen and Anton Karppanen, three analysts from the China Office of Finnish Industries to understand their mission. The China Office

  3. Episode · Aug 13, 2026

    The MANTRAMS Project and Digital Mantra Research: A Discussion with Borayin Larios (opens the original)

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    Every day, tens of millions of people use mantras all around the globe. Originating in South Asia and then spreading via practitioners, texts, rituals, and iconography, mantras have been grounded in speech and sound but also take a range of material forms. For instance, they are inscribed on surfaces, written in manuscripts, printed on posters, visually encoded in diagrams, or worn as amulets and textiles. Not surprisingly, mantras also circulate widely in digital spaces. In this episode of the

  4. Episode · Jul 30, 2026

    The Long Reach of the Strong Arm: Evolving Forms of Transnational Authoritarianism in Asia and Beyond (opens the original)

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    How do authoritarian regimes silence critics across borders? And what are the repressive tools and strategies that authoritarian regimes use transnationally? In this episode we are joined by Arild Engelsen Ruud, Mubashar Hasan and Karin Zackari to discuss the role of digital surveillance, emotional blackmail, enforced family isolation, psychological harassment, and the imprisonment of relatives on fabricated charges by Asian authoritarian regimes seeking to control populations and narratives acr

  5. Episode · Jul 16, 2026

    Spirituality, Science and Environmentalism in Taiwan (opens the original)

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    Who is Shennong, the Divine Farmer? And how can he help us understand the intricate relationships between spirituality, science and environmentalism in Taiwan today? These questions are at the heart of new research by the University of Oslo’s Koen Wellens and Mette Halskov Hansen. In this episode, we are joined by Koen Wellens for a conversation on religious responses to environmental change, community temples, and reconnecting to nature via the Divine Farmer in the context of contemporary Taiwa

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